BURGIN. A LOUISVILLE WOM AN KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND WAS REMEMBERED FONDLY TONIGHT. PEOPLE PACKED THE TENNIS COURT AT IROQUOIS PARK TO SAY GOODBYE TO 21-YEAR- OLD KATIE KAPPLE. WLKY'S TIM ELLIOTT ATTENDED TONIGHT'S VIGIL... TIM? STEVE, KATIE WAS KILLED WHEN HER FORD EXPLORER STRUCK A UTILITY POLE AROUND 4-30 YESTERDAY MORNING IN MIDDLETOWN. FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE STUNNED AT HER LOSS...MANY OF THEM STILL CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S GONE. We don't know what we will do without Katie. We don't know. FOR DONNA DEGRAFF.THE PAIN OF LOSING HER NIECE, 21-YEAR-OLD KATIE KAPPLE, IS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR. It doesn't feel real to us. None of us can imagine our family without Katie. ALMOST 200 FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS SHOWED UP TO IROQUOIS PARK MONDAY NIGHT. She touched so many hearts, as you can see tonight THEY LIT CANDLES AND RELEASED BALLOONS AS THEY REMEMBERED THE BUBBLY BLONDE WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE. Just everything about her was perfect it was great it's just a tragedy that she was so young that she couldn't fulfill her life. KATIE WAS ON HER WAY TO HER BOYFRIEND'S HOUSE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN HER VEHICLE HOPPED A CURB AND SLAMMED INTO THIS UTILITY POLE. IT HAPPENED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SHELBYVILLE ROAD AND NORTH MADISON AVENUE IN MIDDLETOWN. I was shocked, instantly crying, yelling. ALICIA NYLUND GREW UP WITH KATIE AND HELPED ORGANIZE THE VIGIL. SHE SAYS KATIE WAS A 2010 GRADUATE OF PRESENTATION ACADEMY. HAD JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE. AND HAD BIG PLANS FOR HER LIFE. Katie was an outstanding person she was very fun to be around a bundle of joy. she had a big heart. she wanted to save the world ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, FRIENDS SHOWED UP AT THE SCENE OF HER DEATH. THEY LEFT BALLOONS... A CROSS.AND MESSAGES OF LOVE WRITTEN IN BRIGHT RED MARKER. She brought tremendous joy to all of us we were proud of everything she did DEGRAFF ISN'T PREPARED TO SAY GOODBYE TO HER NIECE KATIE. BUT IF SHE COULD TALK TO HER ONE LAST TIME. SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WOULD SAY. Katie Katie pretty lady your Aunt Donna loves you so so much and we are going to miss you very much AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH, KATIE WORKED AS A DENTAL ASSISTANT HERE IN TOWN. FRIENDS SAY SHE LOVED HER JOB. FAMILY ALSO TELLS ME THAT SHE WAS AN ONLY CHILD... I'M TIM ELLIOTT, WLKY NEWS. POLICE SAY SPEED AND THE WET ROAD CONDITIONS LIKELY PLAYED A ROLE IN THE CRASH. BUT THEY ARE STILL INVESTIGATING.